Greg Burke (rugby league)

Greg Burke is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or loose forward for the Salford Red Devils in the Betfred Super League.

Greg Burke
Personal information
Full nameGregory Burke
Born (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight17 st 5 lb (110 kg)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–16 Wigan Warriors 42 1 0 0 4
2014(loan) → Bradford Bulls 1 0 0 0 0
2014(loan) → Workington Town 11 1 0 0 4
2015(loan) → Hull Kingston Rovers 21 0 0 0 0
2016–18 Widnes Vikings 39 2 0 0 8
2018(loan) → Salford Red Devils 11 2 0 0 8
2019– Salford Red Devils 31 1 0 0 4
Total 156 7 0 0 28
As of 13 October 2019
Source: [1][2][3]

He played for the Wigan Warriors in the Super League, and on loan from Wigan at the Bradford Bulls and Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League and Workington Town in the Championship. Burke played for the Widnes Vikings in the top flight, and on loan from Widnes at Salford, before joining the Salford Red Devils permanently in 2019.

Background

Burke was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

Wigan Warriors

He featured in 17 games in 2013 scoring one try against Catalans Dragons. He missed out on the play-off games and the Grand Final. During 2014 he was not selected for the 2014 World Club Challenge but he did play 6 league games. Burke returned to Wigan for the 2016 season and featured in 19 games for the Warriors, before departing to join Widnes in the summer.

Loan to Bradford Bulls

Burke signed on a one-month loan deal at the Bradford Bulls in 2014. He featured in Round 4 (Hull F.C.) in which he sustained a dislocated shoulder.

Loan to Hull KR

In November 2014, Burke signed for Hull Kingston Rovers on loan for the 2015 season, making 21 appearances throughout the season.[4]

Salford

Greg made his Salford début or rather "baptism of fire" live on sky sports on 14 June 2018 against his previous club "Winless Vikings". With the game tied at 12-12 a cut out pass via talisman Robert Lui found Greg in space to power under the posts for what proved to be a début match winning try.

He played in the 2019 Super League Grand Final defeat by St. Helens at Old Trafford.[5][6][7]

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References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. Rugby League Project
  3. Superleague.co.uk profile
  4. "Greg Burke: Hull KR sign Wigan Warriors forward on loan". BBC Sport. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  5. "St Helens give Justin Holbrook the perfect send-off with commanding Grand Final victory over Salford". Telegraph. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. "St Helens 23-6 Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final – as it happened". The Guardian.
  7. "St Helens win 2019 Super League League Leaders' shield". Sky Sports.


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